22 PKNARD — SOME UNTENABLE NAMES Pv!,'l%il ' 



Muscicapa sibirica fuliginosa (Hodgson) 



There are at least two earlier homonyms affecting the use of 

 the term fuliginosa in combination with Muscicapa, — Musci- 

 capa fuliginosa GmeHn, Syst. Nat., I, 1789, p. 932, = Plan- 

 chesiafusca (Bodd.); and Muscicapa fuliginosa Sparrman, Mus. 

 Carls., II, 1787, pi. 47, = Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrm.). 



Ornithologists who, like Hartert (Die Vogel der palaarkti- 

 schen Fauna, IV, 1907, p. 473), unite the genera Muscicapa and 

 Hemichelidon, should use another name for this subspecies; and 

 since there is no other available in synonymy, I propose to desig- 

 nate it Muscicapa sibirica cacahata nom. no v. 



Muscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson) 



The name Muscicapa ferruginea, based on Hemichelidon fer- 

 ruginea Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1845, p. 32, is un- 

 tenable, since it is preoccupied by Muscicapa ferruginea Gmelin, 

 Syst! Nat., 1, 1789, p. 947. Ornithologists who unite Hemicheli- 

 don with Muscicapa, should use the name Muscicapa cinereiceps 

 (Sharpe) for this species. 



Eophona melanura melanura (Gmelin) 



The name Eophona melanura melanura, based on Loxia 

 melanura Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1789, p. 853, is rendered in- 

 valid by Loxia melanura P. L. S. Muller, Natursyst. Suppl., 

 1776, p. 153, Passer melanurus (Muller). The name migra- 

 toria now becomes available for the species, and the subspecies 

 currently known as Eophona melanura migratoria and Eophona 

 melanura sowerhyi, become respectively Eophona migratoria 

 migratoria Hartert and Eophona migratoria sowerhyi Riley. For 

 the third subspecies, hitherto known as Eophona melanura mel- 

 anura Gmelin, I propose the name Eophona migratoria pulla 

 nom. nov. 



